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31 May 201817th Annual Canadian Health Economists’ Study Group (CHESG) ConferenceThe 17th Annual Canadian Health Economists’ Study Group (CHESG) Conference took place from May 31 (full day) to June 1 (half day), 2018.
This year’s conference was held in Montreal and hosted by McGill University, with two professors from the Department of Economics, Erin Strumpf,...

28 May 2018Seminar on Quebec's economic prosperity
Jointly organized by CIRANO, Desjardins, and HEC Montréal, this seminar was designed to stimulate reflection on Quebec's prosperity with an emphasis on some key themes: human capital, business, and the labour market.
With prestigious speakers: Pierre Cléroux (Business...

30 April 2018Montreal Workshop on Markets with FrictionsThe focus of the workshop is new research, both theoretical and applied, focusing on markets where frictions, broadly defined, are present, such as labor market or product markets to name a few.
Organizers: Fabian Lange (McGill University, CIRANO, CIREQ, IZA), Theodore Papageorgiou (McGill...

27 April 2018Fashion Retailing Conference
The Fashion Retailing Conference, organized at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, took place on April 27-28, 2018.
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for both professionals and academics, from the leading firms and universities of the world, to foster...

23 April 2018Challenges in Risk Management and GovernanceTerje Aven
University of Stavanger and President, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
In this talk Professor Terje Aven addressed challenges in risk management and governance. Examples include how to adequately characterize risk, meet potential surprises and the unforeseen (black...